Cognition is not exceptional
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1059712318756166

> Humans, I would say, have bad form when it comes to recognising their 
> commonality with others. History abounds with assertions by particular groups 
> that their gender, culture or other narrowly defined group status possesses 
> special and unique qualities that justify privi- leging the in-group over 
> out-groups in various ways.
> 
> It took a while for astronomers to be convinced that our planet was not 
> literally the centre of the universe. When we turn our attention to other 
> living beings, it is a similar story. ‘Time after time we have demonstrated 
> capacities in animals that were thought to set our species apart’ (de Waal, 
> 2017).


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